Edith meiser biography
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Edith Meiser was an actress, playwright and author. She was born in Detroit and attended Vassar College. Her stage career started in 1923 with "The New Way"; her final show was the 1960 production of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown". Along the way she was in 20 Broadway shows. Her film and television career was sporadic, including two appearances on "I Love Lucy".
As a writer, she wrote scripts for Helen Hayes's first radio serial, "The New Penny". She and husband Tom McKnight created "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", a series for radio in 1930, starring Richard Gillette. Later, the success of the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes film series caused Meiser to adapt and write "The New Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes", starring Rathbone and Bruce. She wrote all of the episodes from 1939 through 1943.
In later life Meiser authored mystery novels and a play, "The Wooden O". She was a member of the Actors Equity Board and the chairwoman of the Equity Library Theater.
BornMay 9, 1898
DiedSeptember 26, 1993(95)
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Edith Meiser
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Happy Hunting
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Original Street Production, 1956
Maud Foley [Replacement]
Mexican Hayride
[Broadway]
Original Street Production, 1944
Eadie Johnson
Eadie Johnson
Let's Face It!
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Preparation, 1941
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Cornelia Abigail Pigeon
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1931
Miss Scoville
Peggy-Ann
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Manufacturing, 1926
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Edith Meiser
American author and actress (1898–1993)
Edith Meiser (May 9, 1898 – September 26, 1993[1]) was an American author and actress, who wrote mystery novels, stage plays, and numerous radio dramas. She is perhaps best known for bringing adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories to radio in the 1930s.[3][nb 1]
Meiser had been a member of the Actors Equity board of governors as well as the chairwoman of the Equity Library Theater.[1]
Early life
[edit]Born in Detroit,[1] Meiser studied at the Liggett School, Kox Schule in Dresden, Germany, and the Ecole de la Cour de St. Pierre in Geneva, Switzerland before eventually attending Vassar College.[1]
Acting career
[edit]At Vassar, Meiser began performing with the college drama society appearing in such plays as L'Aiglon,Jezebel, and Punishment, the last of which she authored herself.
After graduating college, Meiser began performing with such groups as the American Shakespeare Festival, The Theater Guild,Edward Albee's vaudeville circuit, and Jessie Bonstelle's Summer Stock Company before making her Broadway debut in 1923 in The New Way.[1] She went on to appear in over 20 Broadway shows, including Fata Morgana,[1]The Guard